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He, Zhuoran. "Mobile Health Application for Diabetes Self-Management." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/31846.

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As mobile healthcare applications are becoming more and more popular, it brings patients a more convenient way to self-management and communicating remotely compare to the traditional healthcare system. This paper introduces a healthcare mobile application of diabetes self-management that designed, developed, and tested by professor Li’s research team. The application is going to be used by American Indian diabetes patients in Lower Sioux Tribe. The application enabled patients to self-monitor their nutrients intake and health information. The social chatting and education functionality allow
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Pan, Xi. "Type 2 Diabetes in China: Health Behaviors, Diabetes Self-Management, and Self-Rated Health." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1398002669.

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Cook, Susanne Welch. "Adolescent risk preference and asthma symptom self-management: Assessing symptom management scenarios." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280507.

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Adolescent asthma symptom self-management choices frequently involve uncertain outcomes that include potential dangers such as trigger exposures or delays in treatments that can lead to increased morbidity or mortality. Nurses must understand factors that influence how adolescents make symptom decisions. The purpose of the investigation was to assess eight adolescent asthma symptom scenarios for use with the standard gamble technique (SGT) for making choices. The aims were to: (1) estimate the internal consistency and content validity of the scenarios; (2) estimate the relationship between mea
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Williams, Lesa Faye. "Diabetes Self-Management Education Program." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1235.

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Diabetes is a devastating disease in American. The disease can cause chronic health comorbidities, and untreated diabetes has negative consequences for individuals and on our nation's economy. Newly diagnosed diabetics often have a lack of knowledge about the disease process. The purpose of this project was to design and implement a diabetes educational program to enhance participants' knowledge about diabetes management and self-care using the Health Belief Model. Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) is critical in improving patient outcomes and the prevention of diabetes related complic
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Biati, Raquel Marie. "Chronic Disease Self-Management Program." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2598.

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The World Health Organization noted that 2 global health problems have reached epidemic proportions: obesity and type 2 diabetes. These conditions affect nearly 170 million people worldwide. The clinical practice problem addressed by this project was the prevalence of adults ages 50 and older in an ambulatory care setting who suffer from obesity and diabetes and may benefit from a tailored weight management and nutrition education intervention. The purpose of this project was to design a program that would decrease body mass index and hemoglobin A1c in older patients through adaption of the Ch
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Schumacher, Constance Louise. "Understanding Self-Management Decision Making in Heart Failure." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4099.

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Heart failure patients are responsible for managing fluctuations in symptoms between exacerbations by employing treatment adherence, active monitoring, and management strategies based on expert guidelines. Despite education, delayed help seeking persists among those in the need of acute medical intervention, as evidenced by high hospital admission and readmission rates. The purpose of this qualitative grounded theory study was to explore the decision making processes undertaken by heart failure, community-dwelling individuals as they experience symptom changes. Eighteen face-to-face interviews
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Rahim-Williams, F. Bridgett. "African American Women With Type 2 Diabetes: Understanding Self-Management." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0000527.

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Rivera-Hernandez, Maricruz. "Self-Management, Social Support, Religiosity and Self-Rated Health Among Older Mexicans Diagnosed with Diabetes." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1366390281.

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Okafor, Eugene O. "Decreasing Acute Diabetes Complications Through Self-Management Education." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5922.

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Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that affects millions of people in the United States. The purpose of this project was to develop a guideline to help clinical staff provide clear and concise diabetes self-management instructions to patients in a community setting. Orem's self-care deficit theory (SCD) and health belief model (HBM) provided a platform to assess how patients' self-care deficit contributes to illness and the effect of patients' perception of illness. SCD theory and the HBM provided the framework for the development of the guideline to decrease diabetes acute complications t
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Leksell, Janeth. "Diabetes-Related Blindness : Studies of Self-Management, Power, Empowerment and Health." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Medical Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-6262.

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<p>Individuals with diabetes and blindness meet problems in daily life that are related to both conditions. The aim was to study diabetes self-management, burden of diabetes, power, sense of coherence (SOC) and health among individuals with diabetes-related blindness. The aim was further to determine psychometric properties of a diabetes empowerment scale (DES) and to use it in the evaluation of an empowerment programme. The participants were 39 blind diabetic and non-diabetic individuals and 21 diabetic individuals with threat of blindness. A convenience sample of 195 diabetic patients comple
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Leksell, Janeth. "Diabetes-related blindness : studies of self-management, power, empowerment and health /." Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis : Univ.-bibl. [distributör], 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-6262.

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Hulst, Samantha. "Diabetes Self-Management Education Service at a Rural Minnesota Health Clinic." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/29399.

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In 2015, there were an estimated 30.3 million Americans living with diabetes, and 95% of them were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2D) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017b). Patients living in rural America have an increased prevalence of diabetes, and their participation rates in preventative care practice are lower (Rutledge, Masalovich, Blacher, & Saunders, 2017). The increased prevalence of the T2D in rural communities does not positively correlate with the number of diabetes self-management education (DSME) services in these areas, which poses a gap in healthcare services
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Davis, Jo Ann. "The relationship between self-efficacy of diabetes management and health-promoting behaviors." Virtual Press, 1997. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1041919.

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Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disorder that requires daily adherence to complex regimens for glucose control. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the capability for self-management of diabetes and the practices of health-promoting behaviors. Instruments used were the Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile to measure health-promoting behaviors, the Insulin Management Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale to measure self-efficacy in diabetes management, and a demographic questionnaire.Fifty participants from the outpatients of a midwestern veterans hospital responded to the que
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Horton, Jeryl Yvette. "Improving Self-Management in Patients With Chronic Conditions." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2489.

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Care Coordination Home Telehealth (CCHT) maintains a positive impact on the delivery of patient care in the primary care clinic at the Department of Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC). This quality improvement initiative targets patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. These patient are frequently seen in the emergency room, and are often admitted to the hospital, where they saturate the outpatient clinics' waiting room with multiple walk-ins. CCHT has, to some extent, reduced walk-ins, emergency room
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Merck, Stephanie F. "Pre-Diabetes, Self-Management and Technology| A Qualitative Case Study." Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10624381.

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<p> Chronic disease is costly and requires a different approach to care than acute illness. Preventing chronic disease may improve health outcomes. This qualitative, explanatory case study explains the experiences of eight participants, from a suburban internal medicine practice in Fairfield County, CT, who used activity trackers/applications to adhere to diet and exercise. Daily email logs, information from the activity tracker/application and an exit interview provided detailed information about the participant used technology and what was most important to maintain lifestyle changes. The us
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Austin, Erin. "Self-Management of Diabetes in Low-Income Appalachian Women." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/165.

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Diabetes mellitus is a major health concern and the number of Americans diagnosed with the disease is quickly increasing, affecting all aspects of an individual’s life and requiring significant self-involvement. Little is known about how low-income Appalachian women with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) manage their diabetes from day-to-day. This population struggles to effectively manage the illness as they desire for many reasons. The purpose of this study is to better understand the experiences of Appalachian women in self-managing diabetes so that health care providers can better meet the s
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Hillman, Laketa Monique. "Experiences of Chronic Disease Self-Management Program Leaders." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3105.

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Chronic conditions are public health threats. The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) is an evidence-based disease management program that addresses personal self-management of chronic conditions. The CDSMP involves peer trainers who instruct and assist with chronic disease preventive measures. Although disease management demonstrates promise to improving patient self-maintenance, previous researchers have not evaluated how the program affects program leaders. The purpose of this study was to discover how self-help leaders feel about the CDSM program. The overarching research quest
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So'Brien, van Putten Juliette M. "Diabetes self-management (DSM) education within managed care organizations in Ohio /." The Ohio State University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487949508369574.

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Jones, Leonie. "WISH (Well-being Intervention for Self-managing Health) : a feasibility work-based self-management intervention for employees with long-term health conditions." Thesis, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2017. http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/31699/.

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Aim: The aim of this feasibility study is to design and evaluate the effectiveness of providing a self-management workplace intervention to employees with long-term health conditions, working in a Civil Service Department. Method: The WISH intervention (Well-being Intervention for Self-managing Health) was delivered in four-weekly sessions to two intervention groups, and compared to a waiting-list control group. 33 individuals took part in the study, with 21 participants (17 = female; 4 = male) taking part in the intervention, and 12 participants (11 = female; 1 = male) in the waiting-list con
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Xin, Chen. "Communicating Emotion Management: Improving Mental Health Self-care for Chinese Emerging Adults." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1595499387373559.

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DeJesus, Yesenia. "Self-Efficacy and Self-Management Assessments on Hispanic Patients with Diabetes." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2967.

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Hispanics are at increased risk for diabetes and are 40% more likely to die from the condition than are non-Hispanic Caucasians. The purpose of this project was to determine the effects of diabetes education conducted in Spanish by bilingual staff on the self-management and self-efficacy of a sample of 50 volunteer adult Hispanic clinic patients with diabetes. The education intervention incorporated the American Diabetes Association's Diabetes Self-Management Education program materials. Bandura's self-efficacy theory was selected as the theoretical support for the project that relied on self-
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Hipwell, Alison E. "Punjabi Sikh women's arthritis self management experiences." Thesis, Coventry University, 2010. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/654f4c81-cbb9-545c-2f94-1f701f01cfab/1.

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Self-management interventions enhance the health self-management techniques and physical and psychological health outcomes among people with long-term health conditions (LTHCs). Few individuals from South Asian backgrounds attended the pilot phase of one such intervention: the Expert Patients Programme (EPP), a community-based self-management course. This raised concerns about exacerbating health inequalities. South Asian people have increased prevalence and severity of certain musculoskeletal conditions, yet little is known about their experiences of living with and self-managing these. This
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Osman, Liesl M. "Patient self management and hospital admission in acute asthma." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1993. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU601997.

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This study describes self management behaviour and attitudes among asthmatics, in usual self care, in acute episodes and in behaviour in the month before admission. It relates these behaviours to morbidity, admission history (single admittees versus multiple admittees) and outpatient status (current, discharged or never outpatient). Two hundred and thirty four patients between 16 and 65 years old were interviewed for the study. One hundred and thirty were in hospital at interview, the remainder were not in hospital but had all had a hospital admission between January and December 1987. Details
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Earle, Wendy. "Factors that influence heart failure self-management of community dwelling individuals." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/27195.

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Heart failure (HF) affects 350,000 Canadians, and is the third most common primary diagnosis for a hospitalization in Canada. People with HF experience periods of stability interspersed with exacerbations requiring hospitalization. During the fiscal year 2000-01, 85,679 patients were admitted to hospitals in Canada accruing a cost of over $1 billion per year for inpatient hospital services alone. These statistics indicate that in addition to the considerable influence on the lives of many Canadians, the burden of the problem is significant on the current and future health care system. This the
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Gibson-Scipio, Wanda. "The association of perceived emotional support self-regulation and asthma health related outcomes." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2006.

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Burks, Kathryn J. "Self-management of osteoarthritis : an intervention study /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3012952.

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Shao, Jung-Hua. "Evaluation of health-related outcomes following a self-management program for older people with heart failure." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2008. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/20702/1/Jung-Hua_Shao_Thesis.pdf.

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Background. Heart failure (HF) which is a chronic, disabling disorder is mainly found in older people and is one of the leading causes of hospitalisation and readmission around the world. Unfortunately, the mortality and morbidity rates for HF remain high. HF is a complex combination of symptoms which are related to an inadequate perfusion of the body tissues caused by fluid and sodium retention. Hence, enhancing HF patients’ self-efficacy to change their behaviours to perform fluid & sodium control is one of the most important issues for the management of HF. A self-management program has the
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Shao, Jung-Hua. "Evaluation of health-related outcomes following a self-management program for older people with heart failure." Queensland University of Technology, 2008. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/20702/.

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Background. Heart failure (HF) which is a chronic, disabling disorder is mainly found in older people and is one of the leading causes of hospitalisation and readmission around the world. Unfortunately, the mortality and morbidity rates for HF remain high. HF is a complex combination of symptoms which are related to an inadequate perfusion of the body tissues caused by fluid and sodium retention. Hence, enhancing HF patients’ self-efficacy to change their behaviours to perform fluid & sodium control is one of the most important issues for the management of HF. A self-management program has the
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Laster, Nastassia Lovie. "Self-Identified Barriers to Asthma Management among Urban Families." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2008. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/40.

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Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood. Those particularly affected are young, poor, African American children. Moreover, rates of ED visits, hospitalizations, and mortality are substantially higher for black children (Akinbami, 2006). Despite the ample published research on asthma prevalence and asthma management interventions, there is little research available on barriers to asthma care among urban low-income families as perceived by children with asthma and their caregivers. This qualitative study analyzed focus group data from five focus groups conducted with 28 p
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Gunnarsson, Kristina. "Entrepreneurs and Small-Scale Enterprises : Self Reported Health, Work Conditions, Work Environment Management and Occupational Health Services." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Arbets- och miljömedicin, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-126549.

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This thesis focused on factors contributing to improved work environment in small-scale enterprises and sustainable health for the entrepreneurs. In Study I, implementation of the provision of Systematic Work Environment Management (SWEM) with and without support was investigated. Two implementation methods were used, supervised and network method. The effect of the project reached the employees faster in the enterprises with the supervised method. In general, the work environment improved in all enterprises. However, extensive support to small-scale enterprises in terms of advice and networki
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Lin, Gwan-Ling. "THE TRANSITION FOR HEALTH CARE AMONG YOUNG ADULTS WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1333378156.

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Radabaugh, Jessica Nan Clarke. "Cooking Matters® for Diabetes: Practical Application of Diabetes Self-Management Education." The Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1586902384417885.

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Matthie, Nadine. "Sickle Cell Disease: The Role of Self-Care Management." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4538.

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Abstract Sickle cell disease is the most common genetic disorder in the United States. Approximately 90% of the hospitalizations in this patient population occur due to the most common complication, pain crises. Prevention of these crises is therefore essential and requires the patient to assume an active role in his or her disease management. Studies suggest that further research is needed to examine the self-care management process and to identify factors influencing self-care behaviors. The relationships among these factors must be clearly defined before interventions to improve self-ca
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Peng, Cong. "A Hybrid Cloud Approach for Sharing Health Information in Chronic Disease Self-Management." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för datalogi och datorsystemteknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3632.

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Context: Health information sharing improves the performance of patient self-management when dealing with challenging chronic disease care. Cloud computing has the potential to provide a more imaginative long-term solution compared with traditional systems. However, there is a need for identifying a suitable way to share patient health information via cloud. Objectives: This study aims to identify what health information is suitable and valuable to share from a type 2 diabetes patient when multiple stakeholders are involved for different purposes, and find out a promising and achievable cloud
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Brinson, David Raymond. "The Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes: changing exercise behaviours for better health." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Health Sciences, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1409.

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New Zealand is currently in the midst of a diabetes epidemic and it has become clear that the increasing prevalence of obesity and a sedentary lifestyle are inextricably linked to this escalating health crisis. Extensive research has long made clear that people of all ages can enhance their health by incorporating moderate levels of physical activity as part of their normal daily routine and physical activity is now recognised as a major therapeutic modality for type 2 diabetes. Despite such evidence, most people in the western world do not engage in sufficient regular physical activity a
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Anglese, Tucker. "Review of type 2 diabetes self-management programs in Hawai'i and mental health." Thesis, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1596439.

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<p>Background: Type 2 diabetes is a complex chronic condition. To achieve positive outcomes patients must have an understanding of diabetes and self-efficacy to carry out self-management. Studies have shown that diabetes self-management education interventions positively affect physical and mental health outcomes, thereby improving the patient?s diabetes self-management. Purpose: The purpose of this article was to determine if four diabetes self-management programs (DSMP) on the Island of Hawaii are providing competent care based on national standards of curriculum components, addressing menta
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Ogungbayi, CarolineE Jokotola. "Strategies for Patient Engagement in a Self-Management Program for Adults with Diabetes." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7174.

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Patients' lack of adherence to diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) recommendations is a challenge for healthcare. One approach to addressing patient noncompliance with DSMES is through education of staff on current guidelines. In an outpatient facility in South Texas, staff training on current DSMES guidelines was recommended as one of the solutions to the problem of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) complications observed among clinic patients. An educational module was created to increase staff knowledge on T2DM and to assist staff members in teaching patients to self-manage
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Fowora, Muinah Adenike. "Adherence to Self-Care Management of Sickle Cell Disease Among Caregivers." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2257.

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The self-care management of sickle cell disease (SCD) improves mortality rate; however, compliance with SCD self-care management remains a problem. The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge and factors that influence compliance with SCD self-care management recommendations among caregivers of children with SCD. The health belief model was used as the theoretical foundation of this study, theorizing that caregivers' perceived susceptibility, severity, and benefits of SCD self-care management will influence compliance. The study used a quantitative research design. A cross-sectional
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Zhang, Ling. "Health literacy of Chinese immigrants living in Australia: measurements, health consequences and opportunities for interventions." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/21794.

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Background: Immigrants are some of the most vulnerable groups for health disparities, which are in part associated with socio-economic disadvantage among this population. However increasing evidence indicates that low health literacy present among this population may explain many of the health disparities observed. Low health literacy is independently associated with poor healthcare utilisation and health outcomes. Health literacy issues occurring in immigrants are increasingly important to address in the Australian context as one in every five Australians are born overseas. However, understan
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Tolgyesi, Charlotte Sarah. "Psychosocial factors associated with self-management and well-being in childhood chronic illness." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2011. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1406/.

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Volume I comprises a literature review and an empirical paper. The literature review explores the link between illness representations and self-management in children and young people with chronic illness. Fourteen published empirical studies were identified for the review. A risk of bias assessment was completed for each study. Consistencies and differences between papers were identified. Overall, treatment control beliefs were most consistently associated with self-management across a range of chronic health conditions. The empirical paper details a cross-sectional study investigating associ
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Fomengia, Yvonne Etenyi. "Staff Education on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Self-Management Using Teach-Back." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7000.

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Exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the leading cause of hospital admissions and an estimated 120,000 deaths among older adults in the United States. In the community health clinic that served as the project site, more than 80% of patients with a COPD diagnosis had frequent exacerbations, with a hospital readmission rate of 23.2%, which was higher than the national benchmark of 21%. The clinic did not have a COPD discharge education plan with a teach-back tool for staff to teach patients. The purpose of the project was to develop an evidence-based COPD educational p
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Herron, Holly Lynn. "Paramedic Students' Perceived Self-Efficacy at Airway Management." Otterbein University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=otbn1399291921.

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Riley, Anne W. "The processes of self management in coping with stress." Diss., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53896.

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This research investigates the question of how people undertake health behavior change. It attempts to define what people experience and do during the process of changing health related aspects of their lives. The question of how people make health relevant changes in, their habits and actions has become increasingly important as the responsibility for one's health has shifted from the medical care system to the individual...<br>Ph. D.
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Collins-Gilchrist, Christina. "The evaluation of a Self-Management Physiotherapy Programme for adults with cystic fibrosis." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2012. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-evaluation-of-a-selfmanagement-physiotherapy-programme-for-adults-with-cystic-fibrosis(9be41e60-b70c-46af-8c4b-1df3b9954f0a).html.

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Introduction: Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most commonly inherited life limiting disease in the Caucasian population. It is the result of mutations affecting the gene which encodes for a chloride channel known as the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and is essential for the regulation of salt and water movements across cell membranes. Defects in this mechanism cause increased viscosity of secretions, chiefly in the lungs and the intestinal tract. This abnormality results in the early onset of progressive chest infections, intestinal mal-absorption and malnutrition. Phy
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Chafin, Ashley. "The Role of Impression Management in Differential Health Reporting." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1421159770.

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Cornely, Helen Z. "Health changes in Hispanic older adults in a Spanish arthritis self management education program." FIU Digital Commons, 2003. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2640.

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Arthritis is the most common chronic condition affecting older people and is a major cause of limited activity. Arthritis education programs in English have demonstrated a positive impact on health but these programs have not reached the Hispanic communities where arthritis is the leading cause of disability. Minorities, such as Hispanics, have traditionally been reluctant to pursue self-help programs, and have been identified as an under-served population in terms of medical care. This study examined the effectiveness of one community health adult education program targeting Hispanic older ad
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Johnson, Kiana, and Peter Scal. "Let’s Get Motivated: Identifying what Facilitates Youth’s Motivation for Learning about Health Self-Management." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7018.

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Crowder, Sharron Johnson. "Illness representations and self-management behaviors of African American adolescents with asthma." Thesis, Indiana University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3617300.

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<p> African American adolescents have inadequate self-management behaviors, particularly during middle adolescence (14-16 years of age). Inaccurate beliefs, degree of asthma impairment (well controlled or not well controlled), and gender could influence asthma self-management (symptom management, medication management, and environmental control). The researcher used the illness representations concept from the common sense self-regulation model as the framework for this study. </p><p> The descriptive correlational study explored (1) differences in illness representations (cognitive and emot
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Dinh, Thi Thuy Ha. "A Self-management program for people with heart failure in Hanoi, Vietnam : a cluster randomised controlled trial." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2016. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/101527/1/Thi%20Thuy%20Ha_Dinh_Thesis.pdf.

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This project examined teaching of heart failure self-management to both nurses and patients in Vietnam. The main study was an evidence-based clinical trial, revealing that a short individual self-care education intervention improved patients’ knowledge and adherence to recommended self-care behaviours. The thesis also highlighted that people often struggle to understand health information. It demonstrated that the teach-back method should be a priority strategy in delivering health education to those with low health literacy.
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Toth, Lynn Nichols. "Nurses' Response to a Heart Failure Video to Teach Patients Self-Management." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3418.

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Numerous scholars have examined multiprocessors and techniques to decrease the heart failure readmission rate and to improve heart failure patient self-management. This project examined a new teaching method to create the experts' awareness of possible solutions to improve heart failure education in a small community hospital. The purpose of this project was the assessment of a new iPad heart failure patient pre-discharge education program video HFPDEV). Pender's health care model (PHM) served as a framework for this project. Five local nursing educator experts (master prepared) were asked to
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